AMD rides along with Radeon Pro 5000 series. The big news for Apple came as it always did in June with the company’s big WWDC. This year’s event was no less explosive for being held as a virtual event. Instead, Tim Cook marched out and scrambled the game board with the announcement of new all-Apple strategy for new Mac computers coming at the end of the year. As everyone had … [Read more...] about Apple updates 27-inch iMac, giving Apple heads a new dilemma
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AMD Q2 2020 results
Revenue for the quarter was up 26% from last year to $1.93 billion, GAAP profit was $157 million, 349% from last year. AMD’s first quarter was up from Q1 and year-to-year in sales. Revenue was $1.93 billion, up 26% year-over-year primarily driven by higher Computing and Graphics segment revenue. Net profit was down 7.8% quarter-over-quarter due to lower revenue in both … [Read more...] about AMD Q2 2020 results
Radeon Pro 7: focusing on double-precision sensitive applications
A top-end Vega-based AIB for the professional segment. With AMD’s Navi GPU beginning to fill out the Radeon Pro line in 2020, you’d think the next professional GPU launched would be a Navi AIB, particularly if that AIB was targeted at the high end of the market. But you’d be wrong, because AMD’s Radeon Pro 7, launched in the spring of 2020 leverages the previous … [Read more...] about Radeon Pro 7: focusing on double-precision sensitive applications
AMD Q1 2020 results
Revenue for the quarter was up 41% from last year to $1.8 billion, GAAP profit was $162 million, up 912% from last year. AMD’s first quarter was down from Q4, but up year to year in sales and profits. Revenue was $1.79 billion, up 40% year-over-year primarily driven by higher Computing and Graphics segment revenue. Revenue was down 16% quarter-over-quarter due to lower … [Read more...] about AMD Q1 2020 results
Graphics chips get a boost in 2019, so what’s next?
As software applications increasingly take advantage of GPU features, customers take notice. PC GPU market shipments increased by 3.4% sequentially from last quarter but decreased year-to-year by -1.3%. The PC market has seen modest growth as the market rewards specialized hardware designs over low-cost “vanilla” PCs. The trends have favored workstations, gaming machines, and … [Read more...] about Graphics chips get a boost in 2019, so what’s next?
Jon Peddie Research finds PC gaming hardware market growth stable
The PC gaming hardware market will grow to almost $37 billion in 2022, but at a modest 1.05% CAGR from 2018 levels. Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry's research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, reported in its newest gaming market study regarding the PC gaming hardware market, which consists of personal computers, upgrades, and peripherals used for … [Read more...] about Jon Peddie Research finds PC gaming hardware market growth stable
AMD Q4 2019 results: raises revenues, margins, and hopes
Revenue for the quarter was up 18% from last quarter to $2.1 billion, GAAP profit was $170 million, 42% up from last quarter. Despite a great quarter, AMD’s stock was down about 2.6% after the company reported its Q4’19 which beats Wall Street estimates. The problem was the company’s guidance for Q1’20 was slightly below what Wall Street anticipated. The company … [Read more...] about AMD Q4 2019 results: raises revenues, margins, and hopes
AMD expands their senior leadership to maintain their growth
By Jaydeep Bhattacharjee AMD is really hopeful that the executive team will maintain AMD’s gains and build on them in the future. Last week, AMD announced the expansion of its senior leadership team through several promotions and a new face to enable the company’s future growth. The company is at the top of its game and that can be a dangerous place to be. The company has … [Read more...] about AMD expands their senior leadership to maintain their growth
AMD’s Radeon RX 5600 XT
The first Radeon 5600 was introduced 10 years ago. Based on AMD's brand new Navi GPU, the new Radeon 5600 XT is a testament to technology advances and targets 1080p gamers. AMD has introduced it's Radeon 5600 again, and this time it’s called the Radeon RX 5600 XT. Ten years ago, it was called the Radeon HD 5600. This latest version doesn’t support VGA or DVI, but we don’t … [Read more...] about AMD’s Radeon RX 5600 XT
AMD’s holiday gift to the Blender community
AMD to release an updated Radeon ProRender plug-in for Blender 2.81. AMD’s Radeon ProRender is a physically-based rendering engine that is built on Radeon Rays technology, which, AMD says, is a scalable ray tracing engine that uses open industry standards to harness GPU and CPU performance for swift, impressive results. Built on industry-standards, Radeon ProRender … [Read more...] about AMD’s holiday gift to the Blender community